• bouncing@partizle.comM
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    1 year ago

    The NSA’s ability to compel private entities to modify their products is spurious. The FBI famously bullied Lavabit out of existence, but they would have a much more challenging time with a company that has lawyers and throngs of fans. I’m sure you heard of the FBI tried to have Apple develop an exploit and Apple successfully refused. And that’s the FBI: the NSA has broad surveillance power, but their ability to tell a private company to modify their products is basically non-existent.

    But again, doing something like disabling the hardware modem is just not a realistic step most people would even consider.